What is Limelight?
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limelight is... the spotlight. when you're famous
famous like eminem
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Originating from the bubonic plague that decimated populations across Europe, this term refers to the dim light that was associated with the lime pits used to decompose the vast number of corpses.
On occasion, people were in comatose states when put in the pits and would awaken in a decaying state and wonder around the lime-pit while crowds of people would gather to stare at this horrific spectacle. This term was later used to describe a unique stage lighting effect, hence ; to be in the lime light means; to be the centre of attention.
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1. A focus of public attention
2. An intense illumination (used in theaters) produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence.
Everyone came to see Batman in the Dark Knight, but I think The Joker stole a bit of the limelight with his brilliant performance.
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THEATRE lamp in which quicklime is heated: a type of lamp in which quicklime is heated to produce a brilliant light. It was used in theatres as an early form of stage lighting.
Handguns are in the limelight as a rash of shootings are reported.
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A really good song by the band Rush. Refered to as the universal dream, in the song
living in the limelight the universal dream...
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Notorious nightclub made from an old gothic church that peaked in the mid '90s and was eventually shut down by NYC PD for rampant drug dealing and use.
they reopened limelight with new owners.. they cleaned it up and now its called avalon. i think it sucks though.
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when you got the spotlight, your the HNIC (head n**** in charge) your the big boss! everyboy comes to you, they want you, and you whats hot!
"back then ho's didn't want me
now I'm hot ho's all up on me"
-Mike Jones the one only you can't clone him
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